​I am often asked why I call myself a Spiritual Virtual Assistant. In fact, a couple of coaches over the years have recommended I drop the "Spiritual" in order to attract a more mainstream audience.

They missed the point - I don't WANT a more mainstream audience! My "peeps," my ideal clients, are those who are heart-based, who offer services that benefit their clients, mind, body and/or soul. I have worked with coaches, authors, intuitives, holistic health workers and the like. We all address all aspect of the person we’re working with.

​For instance, I work with two talented business coach clients. On the surface they may not appear “holistic,” however these two women work from the heart, teaching their clients and their audiences to have happy, healthy lives, whether at work or at play. They know how important “me time” is to a busy entrepreneur, and how much of an energetic impact cooperative teamwork can have.

In my own practice, I have a holistic process in working with clients. I allow my intuition and my gut to guide me, I rely on my left brain to provide a framework, and I listen on a deep level to the words and feelings in our conversations.

​So ask yourself the question, “What does it mean to ME to be holistic?” How do you do what you do in a holistic way, or do you? How do you incorporate the whole person, and sometimes the whole organization, into your teaching or your practice?

If you can’t answer the question at this point, it might be helpful to look at your practice as a whole. What processes could change to better benefit you and your client? How can your marketing more holistically reach your ideal audience? How can you redefine your work when asked, “So what do you do?”​When you feel satisfied with the answers to these questions, then you’ll know you’re truly operating from a holistic standpoint.

Brilliant. How simple, to pause and ask for an intuitive hunch, "What does it mean to ME to be holistic?" Thank you for not preaching or teaching on the topic of holistic approaches to business but demonstrating IT with your own personal story and challenge to us ALL to LISTEN to the voice within our own SOUL.

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